The 2014 United States House of Representatives election in South Dakota was held on Tuesday, November 4, 2014, to elect the U.S. representative from South Dakota's at-large congressional district, who would represent the state of South Dakota in the 114th United States Congress. The election coincided with the elections of a U.S. senator from South Dakota, the governor of South Dakota, and other federal and state offices. Incumbent Republican U.S. Representative Kristi Noem won reelection.
Republican nomination Candidates Declared Kristi Noem, incumbent U.S. representative
Democratic nomination Candidates Declared Corinna Robinson, retired Army officer and Iraq War veteran
Declined Steve Jarding, educator, lecturer and political consultant
Independents and third parties Candidates Failed to make the ballot Charles "Chuck" Haan (Constitution), Independent candidate for the State House in 2000
Withdrew Lori Stacey (Constitution), nominee for Secretary of State of South Dakota in 2010 (ran for secretary of state)
General election Predictions SourceRankingAs of The Cook Political ReportNovember 3, 2014 Rothenberg October 24, 2014 Sabato's Crystal Ball October 30, 2014RCP November 2, 2014Daily Kos Elections November 4, 2014
Polling Poll source Date(s)administered Samplesize Margin oferror KristiNoem (R) CorinnaRobinson (D) Other UndecidedMonmouth UniversityMonmouth University October 24–27, 2014 429 ± 4.7% 61% 34% — 5%SurveyUSASurveyUSA October 21–26, 2014 611 ± 4% 55% 39% — 6%Mason DixonMason Dixon October 20–23, 2014 800 ± 3.5% 56% 35% — 9%CBS/NYT/YouGovCBS/NYT/YouGov October 16–23, 2014 527 ± 8% 51% 35% 1% 15%SurveyUSASurveyUSA October 1–5, 2014 616 ± 4% 55% 37% — 7%Nielson Brothers PollingNielson Brothers Polling September 21–25, 2014 574 ± 4.05% 55% 37% — 9%SurveyUSASurveyUSA September 3–7, 2014 510 ± 4.4% 53% 40% — 6%Nielson Brothers PollingNielson Brothers Polling July 23–28, 2014 574 ± 4.06% 54% 36% — 10%
Results
By county CountyKristi NoemRepublicanCorinna RobinsonDemocraticMarginTotal#%#%#%Aurora79469.65%34630.35%44839.30%1,140Beadle3,71066.40%1,87733.60%1,83332.81%5,587Bennett58562.37%35337.63%23224.73%938Bon Homme1,63168.13%76331.87%86836.26%2,394Brookings5,55960.41%3,64339.59%1,91620.82%9,202Brown7,12859.73%4,80540.27%2,32319.47%11,933Brule1,26571.88%49528.13%77043.75%1,760Buffalo17237.97%28162.03%-109-24.06%453Butte2,52178.86%67621.14%1,84557.71%3,197Campbell52984.64%9615.36%43369.28%625Charles Mix2,13066.85%1,05633.15%1,07433.71%3,186Clark1,04369.35%46130.65%58238.70%1,504Clay1,85149.68%1,87550.32%-24-0.64%3,726Codington6,10567.21%2,97932.79%3,12634.41%9,084Corson52056.71%39743.29%12313.41%917Custer2,71372.99%1,00427.01%1,70945.98%3,717Davison4,21469.90%1,81530.10%2,39939.79%6,029Day1,31254.74%1,08545.26%2279.47%2,397Deuel1,18466.74%59033.26%59433.48%1,774Dewey65144.02%82855.98%-177-11.97%1,479Douglas1,11985.49%19014.51%92970.97%1,309Edmunds1,25073.36%45426.64%79646.71%1,704Fall River2,26277.18%66922.82%1,59354.35%2,931Faulk66976.11%21023.89%45952.22%879Grant1,98168.62%90631.38%1,07537.24%2,887Gregory1,37375.73%44024.27%93351.46%1,813Haakon76488.94%9511.06%66977.88%859Hamlin1,63973.43%59326.57%1,04646.86%2,232Hand1,12075.07%37224.93%74850.13%1,492Hanson1,00975.69%32424.31%68551.39%1,333Harding55891.63%518.37%50783.25%609Hughes4,88971.23%1,97528.77%2,91442.45%6,864Hutchinson2,20679.84%55720.16%1,64959.68%2,763Hyde45775.66%14724.34%31051.32%604Jackson64370.12%27429.88%36940.24%917Jerauld55766.95%27533.05%28233.89%832Jones39885.04%7014.96%32870.09%468Kingsbury1,37265.40%72634.60%64630.79%2,098Lake3,17565.75%1,65434.25%1,52131.50%4,829Lawrence6,16869.50%2,70730.50%3,46139.00%8,875Lincoln11,83770.51%4,95129.49%6,88641.02%16,788Lyman82666.88%40933.12%41733.77%1,235Marshall1,02259.38%69940.62%32318.77%1,721McCook1,45271.07%59128.93%86142.14%2,043McPherson83081.93%18318.07%64763.87%1,013Meade6,41077.09%1,90522.91%4,50554.18%8,315Mellette42663.39%24636.61%18026.79%672Miner58667.36%28432.64%30234.71%870Minnehaha33,28161.86%20,52038.14%12,76123.72%53,801Moody1,47162.02%90137.98%57024.03%2,372Pennington23,35069.75%10,12530.25%13,22539.51%33,475Perkins1,11383.37%22216.63%89166.74%1,335Potter93180.40%22719.60%70460.79%1,158Roberts1,81956.54%1,39843.46%42113.09%3,217Sanborn62672.37%23927.63%38744.74%865Shannon50718.44%2,24381.56%-1,736-63.13%2,750Spink1,64865.45%87034.55%77830.90%2,518Stanley95074.86%31925.14%63149.72%1,269Sully54579.91%13720.09%40859.82%682Todd63229.25%1,52970.75%-897-41.51%2,161Tripp1,69177.18%50022.82%1,19154.36%2,191Turner2,33971.59%92828.41%1,41143.19%3,267Union3,69372.47%1,40327.53%2,29044.94%5,096Walworth1,48977.59%43022.41%1,05955.18%1,919Yankton4,77862.67%2,84637.33%1,93225.34%7,624Ziebach34654.92%28445.08%629.84%630Totals183,83466.53%92,48533.47%91,34933.06%276,319
Counties that flipped from Democratic to Republican Brookings (largest city: Brookings) Brown (largest city: Aberdeen) Day (largest city: Webster) Marshall (largest city: Britton) Roberts (largest city: Sisseton) Yankton (largest city: Yankton) Ziebach (largest city: Dupree)
See also United States Senate election in South Dakota, 2014 2014 South Dakota gubernatorial election 2014 United States Senate elections 2014 United States elections
References
External links U.S. House elections in South Dakota, 2014 at Ballotpedia Campaign contributions at OpenSecrets Kristi Noem for Congress Corinna Robinson for Congress